Well, I was just wondering because uhhh

• Keystrokes question - sm
  • Keystroke posters - CatrinaMT
    • I have been with Keystrokes for nearly a year now and have never (sm) - Another Ohio MT
    • Call me puzzled - Denise
      • Also totally puzzled - Happy KS'er
    • Huh??? Never heard of that.... - KSMT2
  • It depends on the account - Jo
    • Keystrokes - ks2
      • If you can have focus and full steam ahead - you can make money at any company? Hello?
        • Not really Ms Smarty - ks2
          • I like my new name! Thanks! Nicknames are for - VIPs. From: Ms Smarty
            • Whatever company you work for, you should verify that it counts correctly. sm - Lisa
    • Thanks - nm
    • I just think it is kind of strange that - you seem to always reply to the Keystrokes
      • Well, you can now add a third MT... - MIMT
      • What???? - Jo
        • I didn't say there was anything wrong. - you seem to always reply to the Keystrokes
          • Definitely not marketing - Jo
            • Well, I was just wondering because uhhh - you seem to always reply to the Keystrokes
              • One week down and great so far! - Another KSMT
                • I do the same thing - Jo
                  • No joke! You should be compensated - since you like to receive alerts and are quick
      • I am the OP. I have seen plenty of other people answer - sm
        • I answer posts also for KS when I can..(nm) - Another Ohio MT
        • I think that a lot of us use that name because it identifies who we work for. sm - KS MT2
          • One of the things that comes up quite - a lot since you are a lead is the wait.
            • This is because the IT departments at the hospitals can take a long time. sm - KS Lead2
          • Keystrokes repliers. - sm
          • Thank You! (nm) - Another Ohio MT
          • Thanks. - sm
            • You can try requesting an internet-based account - Jo
              • because C-phone accounts are cumbersome...and assigned - ....right?....no message
                • huh?? - OP

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MT work has provided me with food, shelter, and many other wonderful things.  I don't need a union to do that for me.  I've done it myself.  I have my own accounts though, so I guess that makes me different.

Somehow, this profession has turned into what I deserve?  Anyone in healthcare will tell you they are underpaid including nurses.  They work dreadful hours.  Physicians are paid less and less by insurance companies. 

A lot of professions suffer.

I made a comment above about getting your own accounts and be the MTSO if you think it's so easy, and I get called corporate. 

All of you who want a union are corporate workers, am I right or wrong?

I'm my own boss and no I do not consider myself an MTSO because I don't have a business license.  I'm just self-employed.  That's it.  I'm making a fine living sitting in the comfort of my own home and able to take time out for my kids whenever I went.

I'm stuck in that hole of a hospital that outsourced anyway and probably ultimately is paying way more to C-Bay than they ever paid me.  They gave me nothing but a hard time and a lot of gray hair.  The best part was the nervous breakdown before I left.  That's when the anxiety started.  I now only deal with the anxiety occasionally after giving my 2 weeks' notice.

At the drop of a hat, anything in this industry could change.

Anyone who thinks a Union can work, then go for it.  But when you're not getting what you want and you have to strike, you all will be here crying you have no income.  Which is the lesser of 2 evils?

Diskriter -- I was hired as the first radiology Transcriptionist for a large account that they had had for a long time - now moving into radiology.  I worked very hard to make a good reputation for them, and in fact, they got 4 more hospitals which even the president of the company attributed to my good work.

However, I found out from the hospital employees that if anyone had to go into one of my reports -- which was standard practice with E.R. orders after they were typed -- that once they did, my ID would go off the report I typed, and the person who changed the ordering phys. name would get the credit.  This accounted for approximately 20% of the reports I typed - I would get no credit.

I notified my supervisor and no response.  Went higher, and was told I would be compensated, just to keep track, which I did.

When the hospital gave the stats back to Diskriter (now, keep in mind, missing at least 20% of the work I did), and I would submit a list of the ones I had done which needed a name change -- my line counts were stated as 800-900 lines per day!!!!  I knew this was incorrect, as my average had always been 1600-2000.  THEN, I find out that the way the hospital kept track was with no spaces, headers --

I disagreed vehemently, and was told I would be compensated (but there was no way that could be accurate).

Then I found out from payroll that after I submitted my timesheets -- my supervisor would go in and CHANGE THEM TO MATCH what the hospital had given them -- WHICH WAS MINUS THE 20%, AND A LINE COUNT THAT I HAD NEVER AGREED TO, or even knew about.

I fought back, and then I was seen as a trouble-maker --  told they were working on it, told not to send any more e-mails!!!  In the meantime, my timesheet was being altered and I wasn't making ANY money.  They could ignore me because I was at home, and just not respond or get ugly and blame me!

So after all the hard work - and they got an additional 4 hospitals - I couldn't take it anymore, and I packed up all their crap and sent it back.  I'm getting nauseated just remembering it.

Heard from a friend that company deducts a quarter or something like that from each report for the header or template or something?  Anyone know anything about that?  Is it for all their accounts?  Got me inquisitive....Thanks......

I was thinking of applying to this company and saw where you only worked a month.  What made you quit?  Trust me, I'm not going to tell anyone; I'm not that type of person even if you don't know me. 

But I really don't like the company I'm working for as I still can't get 1000 lines a day and don't think I'll ever be able to as you spend half your time looking up names of doctors, usually foreign doctors, that the dictator wants to send a cc to.  They want five or six cc's sent, and you HAVE to make sure you get the right doctor, etc.  But it is VERY time consuming even though I have a hard copy also as a lot of the times, I cannot even understand the name they are dictating to send a cc to.

So I am in the looking mode again.  Plus I wasn't able to use Smartype which I love, and their word Expander has NO words in it.  You have to start from scratch, so it's going to take me forever to build up a list of word expanders.  This issue is ALSO time consuming. It just seems like I saw something the other day about WebMedx and thought it sounded like a good company, but I'm sure there is a but with it ........there's always something about a company I don't like.  Wish I could find the perfect company.

If someone is working as an IC, how can they be required to do X number of lines or work X number of hours when they're not getting any benefits, using their own equipment and/or paying their own phone bill?    I think I know the answer but just wanted another opinion. 

Most important to me would be line rate, flexibility in schedule (window), benefits, quickest platform and work volume.

TIA.

A to Z Transcription.  Mostly wondering if they pay on time or if anyone has had a particularly bad experience with them.

Thanks all!

I've also been considering TransTech.  Do Transtech employees run out of work often?  Do you have a back up account?  Do you jump from account to account?  Thank you

Were you asking about FutureNet the other day?  Was just wondering how that was going, etc. and if you accepted a position there.  I was thinking about applying.  tia 

I use to be SE with MQ and they provided equipment.  Thank you for your reply. 

moderator/owner of the TT yahoo board accept new members because my request has been in pending status for a week now.  I could really use support for some simple questions regarding learning the ins and outs of the platform...just started TT a couple days ago. 

PS Really, really like everything about them, and the platform. 

how big a cut in cpl you had to take for the privilege of being so amused by VR antics.  We might find a way to be entertained too, if we were all still paid our MT salaries, but that is seldom the case.  An MT making 9 cpl is offered 6 cpl for editing with the promise that her production will rise enough to make up the difference.  Does this actually happen?  Or does she waste so much time fixing the VR that her production actually declines, as well as taking a c 3 cpl hit?